H. sapien violence is natural (thus, the species-wide adaptation of eusocial risk-sharing). Racism, however, is ideological (and maladaptive in the long-term). — 180 Proof
it's difficult to imagine humans as peaceable. It's the WYSIATI again: history is a list of wars punctuated by discoveries; the news is conflict punctuated by sexual assault stories. From a limited viewpoint, we do seem inherently cruel. — Kenosha Kid
Advocates of prehistoric war aren't motivated by this sentiment. It's based in the evidence they've seen. — frank
You tend to see it where larger organised ethnic groups dominate other ethnic minorities. — ChatteringMonkey
evidence is something they have to actively seek out, it's a motive driven exercise. — Isaac
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